Cigar



RQS. BLAIR.

c-IGAR.

A APPLICATION FILED DEC;| B, 1915 1,437,956. Patented Dec. 5, 192,2.

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Application filed December To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT S. BLAIR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of South Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new andv useful Improvements in Cigars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigars.

y. One of the objects thereof is to provide a Simple andpractical form of cigar of improved burning qualities. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. l

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, all as will be hereinafter illustratively describedv and the scope ofthe application of which will be pointed out` in the claims.

In theaccompanying `drawing in which is illustrated one of the various possible embodiments of this invention;

Fig. yl is 'a side elevation of a mandrel.

Fig. 2Kis a similar' view of a mandrel with a tubewound about the same.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a cigar filler formed about the parts shown in Fig. 2.

v Fig. 4f is a similar view of the parts shown in Fig. 3V with a binder wound about them. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a complete cigar. certain parts being cut away along a central longitudinal section in order to show the structure more clearly.

Fig. 6 is a detailed view of a portion ofl This cigar comprises an inner tube l, which is formed as hereinafter described, preferably of leaf tobacco. This tube preferably tapers substantially throughout its length to a closed inner end indicated at 2, which yterminates short of the clipping point 3,

at which the cigar is clipped for use,.and it ma here be noted that by the term smoklng length, with reference to a cigar is meant its length when ignited for use.,

s, 1915. serial no. 65,657.

that is, fromabout the point at the inner y end to the point lat the outer end.

vthat it does not tend to become loose in use.

Although the tube l is formed of a single layer of tobacco, it is to be understood lthat' an outer layer may be wound thereon in the opposite direction if desired before the filler is arranged in place.v l

The above cigar is most conveniently made by the following method: A mandrel 8,

preferably of smooth metal, is preferablyv so formed as to taper substantially throughout its length to a point 9. Upon this mandrel is wound a strip of leaf tobacco beginning at the point 9 and forming a closed tip at this end and extending spirally toward the end l0 of the mandrel. With the mandrel and tube in this form the fillgr 5 is formed in position, as indicated in Fig. 3, in the usual well-known manner, and thereafter the binder 6 wound about the'liller 5, as shown in. Fig. l of the drawings, the `winding being from the inner toward the outer endvof the cigar. With the parts in this form the wrapper 7 is wound in position in the usual way. from the outer toward the inner end to give the usual closed tip at the inner end of the cigar. inside the clipping point 3. The outer end of the cigar may vthereupon be cut square against the mandrel, and the mandrel thereafter withdrawn, or if desired the mandrel' may first be withdrawn and the outer end of the cigar afterward cut square. The inner tube holds its position `slightly better if the cigar is permitted to dry to some slight extentbefore the mandrel is withdrawn.

In the use of the cigar itis clipped at the inner end in the usual way and ignited at the outer .end 4'. The air is drawn in smoking entirely through the ordinary lengthwise passages or interstices in the filform of the cigar affords an increased air supply to the burning tobacco, thus giving more perfect combustion and otherwise improving the burning qualities. By reason ot this form the depth ot the ignited filler within the unburn ed portion ot the wrapper and binder is reduced, thus preventing, to a large extent, imperfect combustion, and reducing the roasting eliect ot the tobacco at a point just inside ot t iat which is burning. ln this way not only is the taste ot the tobacco improved, but the production of carbon monoxide is materially reduced.

lt will thus be seen that there is here provided a device in which the objects ot this invention are achieved, and that the above described and other advantages are gained.

.As various changes might be made in the above construction, .all without departing from the scope ot this invention, it is to be understood that all matter herein described or shown in the accompanying` drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, l claim:

l. A cigar having a ller with air passages extending throughout the smoking 'length thereof and a tube therein formed of tobacco and having a closed inner end at a point short of said smoking length whereby said filler extends beyond said closed inner end with the cigar in use.

2. lin cigar construction, in combination, a hollow tube wound spirally from the inner toward the outer end with the edges of successive turns overlapping previous turns, a ller aboutsaid tube and a wrapper about said iiller. U

3. ln cigar construction, in combination, a hollow tube wound spira-ily from the inner toward the outer end with the edges of successive turns overlapping previous turns, a filler about said tube and a wrapper about said ller, said tube having a closed inner end with the cigar in use.

4:. In cigar construction, in combination, a hollow tube wound spirally from the inner toward the outer end with the edges of successive turns overlapping previous turns, a filler about said tube and a wrapper about said filler, said tube having a closed inner end and extending throughout a fraction of the smoking length of the cigar.

5. Incigar construction, in combination, a hollow tube wound spirally :trom the inner toward the outer end with the edges ci successive turns overlapping previous turns, a filler about said tube and a wrapper about said filler, "said tube having a closed inner end and tapering to larger` diameter in a direction toward the outer end of the cigar.

6. ln the cigar construction, in ycombination, a hollow tube Wound spirally from the inner toward the outer end of the cigar with the edges of successive turns overla'pping previous turns, `and having a closed inner end, a filler formed about said. tube, a binder wound ,about said filler in the same direction as V said tube iswound, and a wrapper about said binder in the opposite direction from that ,in which said binder is wound.

7. ln the cigar construction, in combination, a hollow tube wound spirally from the inner toward the outer end of the cigar with the edges of, successive turns overlapping previous turns, and having a closed inner end, a iller 'formed about said'tube, a'binder wound about 'said filler yin lthe same direction as said tube iswound, and a wrapper about said binder in the" opposite directionv from that in which saidV binder is wound, said tube ,extending centrally through thecigar throughout a traction of its smoking length and tapering to larger diameter theV di rection from the inner toward the outer end. Y' y I i Y ,Signed at South Orange, in the .Conwy Of Essex and State of New Jersey, this ith der Of D ember, A. D- y1915- i ROBERT s. BLAIR, 

